Fidel Castro Dead at 90...

[GLASNOST]

Cuban Fulgencio Batista seized power in a military coup and cancelled Democratic elections in Cuba. This was in the early 1950's if I remember correctly.

As a puppet dictator of the United States he allowed the American Mafia to flourish, manipulating Cuba's natural resources and investing heavily in drugs, gambling, and prostitution …. all the while the Cuban people were increasingly starving.

Fidel Castro (a lawyer) tried to improve the situation for his countrymen - by Democratic means. But Bastista with assistance from the US had removed any Democratic channels to make any headway possible. Castro had to either give up his legal/diplomatic struggle or turn to armed revolution.

The man was a hero. His only crime was that he was naïve. He believed all of the American propaganda (particularly of the 40's and 50's) about crushing the American Mafia. Fidel Castro was pro-American. He firmly believed that the US government would applaud him for riding his country of organized crime. He was completely shocked at Washington's response. He didn't have a clue about the Mafia's ties to the US government.

 

[007]

Why Nelson Mandela Loved Fidel Castro |

Americans generally view Nelson Mandela as a hero and Fidel Castro as a villain. Mandela saw things differently.

The South African leader’s nationalist and anti-imperialist stances collided head on with the world’s superpower and gave him a lot in common with its Cuban archenemy. Mandela embraced the former Cuban dictator because he opposed apartheid and represented the aspirations of Third World nationalists that the United States undermined across the globe during the Cold War.

As it did for many leftists in the Global South, the Cuban Revolution’s triumph in 1959 inspired Mandela. Charged with the task of starting a guerrilla army in 1961, he looked to the writings of Cuban Communists for guidance.

“Any and every source was of interest to me,” Mandela wrote in his 2008 autobiography. “I read the report of Blas Roca, the general secretary of the Community Party of Cuba, about their years as an illegal organization during the Batista regime. In Commando, by Deneys Reitz, I read of the unconventional guerrilla tactics of the Boer generals during the Anglo-Boer War. I read works by and about Che Guevara, Mao Tse-tung, Fidel Castro.”

Mandela’s admiration for the Cuban Revolution only grew with time. Cuba under Castro opposed apartheid and supported the African National Congress — Mandela’s political organization and the current ruling party. Mandela credited Cuba’s military support to Angola in the 1970s and 1980s with helping to debilitate South Africa’s government enough to result in the legalization of the ANC in 1990.

The U.S. government, on the other hand, reportedly played a role in Mandela’s 1962 arrest and subsequently branded him a terrorist — a designation they only rescinded in 2008. In 1986, President Ronald Reagan vetoed the Anti-Apartheid Act.

Oh yeah... anyone that can build a nation like THIS has to be a HERO... LMFAO...!!!!

 

[aaronleland]

aaronleland how in the world did you hear this first?! My entire family's been waiting for this news, some literally for 5 or 6 decades, and here on some random internet forum some stranger was the one who my family finally heard it from. There are people who were fast asleep that are awake and partying in Miami right now thanks to you Leland.

I just recently downloaded the CNN app because I had to work until 2 AM on election night, and wanted to keep up on the coverage. It's done me good since then. I've received breaking news notifications quite a few times before most media outlets are reporting them.

CNN is fine. Not tough enough on the New BS GOP but fine, relatively. He's very popular in Cuba and elsewhere. Fought the Great Satan, not so great in some venues lol.

CNN is a leftist propaganda wing for the DNC, and they're currently sinking like the Titanic because of it.

No they're not, and no they're not. Change the channel, dupe. lol

No news outlet is bad if you can read the facts and filter out the bullshit commentary. I received a notification from my CNN app. It said Castro had died at 90. WHY would I read an entire article when everything was summed up in one sentence?

 

[francoHFW]

RWers made him what he was. Could have just been a socialist...lol

Oh Frank... FRRAAAAANNK... democrats are the socialist, son...

Just fair capitalism, always democratic, dupe. See Sweden, France and US. Ours is just a pander to the rich GOP mess....see sig.

DUPE... do you call your mommy dupe? ...

No, republicans aren't the reason Castro was a shit bag socialist. The man was a POS that didn't give a crap about the people of Cuba, period, and it's a great day that he's dead.

No, she was a British royal nurse, a Dem, and no dupe. 96 years old and RIP 2014. My father the doctor joined the Brit army in 1940 to fight Nazis as a surgeon. and regretted more than anything his vote for Nixon in 1960. For universal health since 1940. Not silent majority. And your point is debatable. We fought communism REALLY hard. People suffered, and Cuba before Castro was a GOP mess...Bless us all. Take it easy Fidel. TRUMP HAVANA!!!!!!! lol

It sounds like you have a good family, I'd be proud of them if I was you as I'm sure you are.

But no, the GOP was not, is not, and has never been the reason Cuba is a stinking commie hell hole. If you think you can, go ahead and prove it.

It's debatable. RIP Cold War and some of our actions...TRUMP HAVANA!!!

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

 

[francoHFW]

Why Nelson Mandela Loved Fidel Castro |

Americans generally view Nelson Mandela as a hero and Fidel Castro as a villain. Mandela saw things differently.

The South African leader’s nationalist and anti-imperialist stances collided head on with the world’s superpower and gave him a lot in common with its Cuban archenemy. Mandela embraced the former Cuban dictator because he opposed apartheid and represented the aspirations of Third World nationalists that the United States undermined across the globe during the Cold War.

As it did for many leftists in the Global South, the Cuban Revolution’s triumph in 1959 inspired Mandela. Charged with the task of starting a guerrilla army in 1961, he looked to the writings of Cuban Communists for guidance.

“Any and every source was of interest to me,” Mandela wrote in his 2008 autobiography. “I read the report of Blas Roca, the general secretary of the Community Party of Cuba, about their years as an illegal organization during the Batista regime. In Commando, by Deneys Reitz, I read of the unconventional guerrilla tactics of the Boer generals during the Anglo-Boer War. I read works by and about Che Guevara, Mao Tse-tung, Fidel Castro.”

Mandela’s admiration for the Cuban Revolution only grew with time. Cuba under Castro opposed apartheid and supported the African National Congress — Mandela’s political organization and the current ruling party. Mandela credited Cuba’s military support to Angola in the 1970s and 1980s with helping to debilitate South Africa’s government enough to result in the legalization of the ANC in 1990.

The U.S. government, on the other hand, reportedly played a role in Mandela’s 1962 arrest and subsequently branded him a terrorist — a designation they only rescinded in 2008. In 1986, President Ronald Reagan vetoed the Anti-Apartheid Act.

Oh yeah... anyone that can build a nation like THIS has to be a HERO... LMFAO...!!!!

We could have ended the Embargo after the fall of the USSR. Wonder why we didn't...

 

[007]

The US didn't need to "come to Castro." He needed to get off the commie kick and free his countrymen from his tyranny. He was a shit bag and will rot in hell.

 

[aaronleland]

Why Nelson Mandela Loved Fidel Castro |

Americans generally view Nelson Mandela as a hero and Fidel Castro as a villain. Mandela saw things differently.

The South African leader’s nationalist and anti-imperialist stances collided head on with the world’s superpower and gave him a lot in common with its Cuban archenemy. Mandela embraced the former Cuban dictator because he opposed apartheid and represented the aspirations of Third World nationalists that the United States undermined across the globe during the Cold War.

As it did for many leftists in the Global South, the Cuban Revolution’s triumph in 1959 inspired Mandela. Charged with the task of starting a guerrilla army in 1961, he looked to the writings of Cuban Communists for guidance.

“Any and every source was of interest to me,” Mandela wrote in his 2008 autobiography. “I read the report of Blas Roca, the general secretary of the Community Party of Cuba, about their years as an illegal organization during the Batista regime. In Commando, by Deneys Reitz, I read of the unconventional guerrilla tactics of the Boer generals during the Anglo-Boer War. I read works by and about Che Guevara, Mao Tse-tung, Fidel Castro.”

Mandela’s admiration for the Cuban Revolution only grew with time. Cuba under Castro opposed apartheid and supported the African National Congress — Mandela’s political organization and the current ruling party. Mandela credited Cuba’s military support to Angola in the 1970s and 1980s with helping to debilitate South Africa’s government enough to result in the legalization of the ANC in 1990.

The U.S. government, on the other hand, reportedly played a role in Mandela’s 1962 arrest and subsequently branded him a terrorist — a designation they only rescinded in 2008. In 1986, President Ronald Reagan vetoed the Anti-Apartheid Act.

Oh yeah... anyone that can build a nation like THIS has to be a HERO... LMFAO...!!!!

What does a picture of Detroit have to do with this thread? Stay on topic.

 

[007]

Why Nelson Mandela Loved Fidel Castro |

Americans generally view Nelson Mandela as a hero and Fidel Castro as a villain. Mandela saw things differently.

The South African leader’s nationalist and anti-imperialist stances collided head on with the world’s superpower and gave him a lot in common with its Cuban archenemy. Mandela embraced the former Cuban dictator because he opposed apartheid and represented the aspirations of Third World nationalists that the United States undermined across the globe during the Cold War.

As it did for many leftists in the Global South, the Cuban Revolution’s triumph in 1959 inspired Mandela. Charged with the task of starting a guerrilla army in 1961, he looked to the writings of Cuban Communists for guidance.

“Any and every source was of interest to me,” Mandela wrote in his 2008 autobiography. “I read the report of Blas Roca, the general secretary of the Community Party of Cuba, about their years as an illegal organization during the Batista regime. In Commando, by Deneys Reitz, I read of the unconventional guerrilla tactics of the Boer generals during the Anglo-Boer War. I read works by and about Che Guevara, Mao Tse-tung, Fidel Castro.”

Mandela’s admiration for the Cuban Revolution only grew with time. Cuba under Castro opposed apartheid and supported the African National Congress — Mandela’s political organization and the current ruling party. Mandela credited Cuba’s military support to Angola in the 1970s and 1980s with helping to debilitate South Africa’s government enough to result in the legalization of the ANC in 1990.

The U.S. government, on the other hand, reportedly played a role in Mandela’s 1962 arrest and subsequently branded him a terrorist — a designation they only rescinded in 2008. In 1986, President Ronald Reagan vetoed the Anti-Apartheid Act.

Oh yeah... anyone that can build a nation like THIS has to be a HERO... LMFAO...!!!!

We could have ended the Embargo after the fall of the USSR. Wonder why we didn't...

Human rights, DUPE.

 

[frigidweirdo]

“A revolution is not a bed of roses. A revolution is a struggle between the future and the past.” — Castro in 1959.

Too bad nobody put a bullet in the bastard's head back then

Too bad you are a moron ...

Too bad that.... actually nvm, good for you that you never had to live under Castro's atrocities. Sad that you seem to think those atrocities were a good thing.

Were they worse than Bush's?

 

[007]

Why Nelson Mandela Loved Fidel Castro |

Americans generally view Nelson Mandela as a hero and Fidel Castro as a villain. Mandela saw things differently.

The South African leader’s nationalist and anti-imperialist stances collided head on with the world’s superpower and gave him a lot in common with its Cuban archenemy. Mandela embraced the former Cuban dictator because he opposed apartheid and represented the aspirations of Third World nationalists that the United States undermined across the globe during the Cold War.

As it did for many leftists in the Global South, the Cuban Revolution’s triumph in 1959 inspired Mandela. Charged with the task of starting a guerrilla army in 1961, he looked to the writings of Cuban Communists for guidance.

“Any and every source was of interest to me,” Mandela wrote in his 2008 autobiography. “I read the report of Blas Roca, the general secretary of the Community Party of Cuba, about their years as an illegal organization during the Batista regime. In Commando, by Deneys Reitz, I read of the unconventional guerrilla tactics of the Boer generals during the Anglo-Boer War. I read works by and about Che Guevara, Mao Tse-tung, Fidel Castro.”

Mandela’s admiration for the Cuban Revolution only grew with time. Cuba under Castro opposed apartheid and supported the African National Congress — Mandela’s political organization and the current ruling party. Mandela credited Cuba’s military support to Angola in the 1970s and 1980s with helping to debilitate South Africa’s government enough to result in the legalization of the ANC in 1990.

The U.S. government, on the other hand, reportedly played a role in Mandela’s 1962 arrest and subsequently branded him a terrorist — a designation they only rescinded in 2008. In 1986, President Ronald Reagan vetoed the Anti-Apartheid Act.

Oh yeah... anyone that can build a nation like THIS has to be a HERO... LMFAO...!!!!

We could have ended the Embargo after the fall of the USSR. Wonder why we didn't...

Human rights, DUPE.

I know... all you little commie fuck leftists think human rights are "funny."

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

Fidel Castro created International Medical School to train Doctors for the Third World

US created International Torture School of the Americas to train murderers and torturers for the Third world

 

[GLASNOST]

How many Americans know why Castro initiated his revolution?

About 57%....

Are you sure? That's more than I would have guessed.

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

I know... all you little commie fuck leftists think human rights are "funny."

I suppose you are under some sort of delusion our Government is a "Human Rights Champion " LOL

Lesley Stahl on U.S. sanctions against Iraq: We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that’s more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: I think this is a very hard choice, but the price–we think the price is worth it.

—60 Minutes (5/12/96)

 

[007]

Fidel Castro’s firing squads in Cuba
Fidel Castro is often portrayed as the “benevolent” dictator of Cuba, such portrayals are unarguably wrong. The evidence of his bloodthirsty and murderous nature is unequivocal and available for anyone who wants to know the truth. Unfortunately such evidence is rarely discussed by the news media and at schools. There’s perhaps no more grizzly atrocity committed by Fidel Castro than the firing squads which he implemented. Beginning as a rebel, before he would eventually take power in Cuba, Fidel Castro used firing squad executions to enforce discipline, punish followers deemed disloyal or intimidate potential opposition. At the beginning of the Castro regime there was a reign of terror typical of revolutions in which the firing squad was used prominently but the executions continued for decades.

The Cuba Archive which documents deaths and disappearances resulting from Fidel Castro’s Cuban revolution has documented 3,615 firing squad executions conducted by the Cuban state since Castro took over on January 1, 1959.


Fidel Castro's greatest atrocities and crimes - Part 1 | Babalú Blog

 

[theHawk]

“A revolution is not a bed of roses. A revolution is a struggle between the future and the past.” — Castro in 1959.

Too bad nobody put a bullet in the bastard's head back then

Too bad you are a moron ...

Too bad that.... actually nvm, good for you that you never had to live under Castro's atrocities. Sad that you seem to think those atrocities were a good thing.

Were they worse than Bush's?

Can you name any Bush "atrocities"?

 

[007]

I know... all you little commie fuck leftists think human rights are "funny."

I suppose you are under some sort of delusion our Government is a "Human Rights Champion " LOL

Lesley Stahl on U.S. sanctions against Iraq: We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that’s more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: I think this is a very hard choice, but the price–we think the price is worth it.

—60 Minutes (5/12/96)

The impression I am under is that you're a real cock sucking commie lover.

Pretty obvious you hate America and love little two bit ass wipe dictators.

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

Fidel Castro's greatest atrocities and crimes - Part 1 | Babalú Blog

“Do you realize what you have done?”

Since the end of World War 2, the United States has:

1. Attempted to overthrow more than 50 foreign governments, most of which were democratically-elected.
2. Dropped bombs on the people of more than 30 countries.
3. Attempted to assassinate more than 50 foreign leaders.
4. Attempted to suppress a populist or nationalist movement in 20 countries.
5. Grossly interfered in democratic elections in at least 30 countries.*
6. Plus … although not easily quantified … has been more involved in the practice of torture than any other country in the world … for over a century … not just performing the actual torture, but teaching it, providing the manuals, and furnishing the equipment.

Why does the United States maintain crippling financial sanctions and a ban on military aid to Syria, Cuba, Iran and other countries but not to Saudi Arabia?

 

[GLASNOST]

Chicago? Detroit? Philidelphia? or El Paso?

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

The impression I am under is that you're a real cock sucking commie lover.

You are a sexually insecure man pussy